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February 17, 2019
Pak-Saudi relations: A new dimension
Pakistan eagerly awaits the visit of Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman to his second home. When Prime Minister Imran Khan assumed power, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman were the first to congratulate him on the assumption of power indicating their enhanced interest in taking the relations between the two countries to new heights. Prime Minister Imran Khan has also visited Saudi Arabia twice since assuming ...
February 17, 2019
Why don’t we benefit from our retired academics?
Al-JazirahWHEN I was studying for my master’s degree, I remember reading books written by an Egyptian professor. I asked around about him and I found out that he had been retired more than 15 years ago, but he maintained an office at the University of Cairo, where he went every Monday to meet with his research team, the students he supervised and anyone who wanted his advice.I went there to ...
February 17, 2019
Honest hotels
Hotel booking sites can make it so much easier to choose a destination for a holiday or streamline a business trip, but only if the public is able to trust them. This looks like it will happen soon. Major travel websites have agreed to change the way they do business after a UK investigation found some of them were deceiving users. They have now agreed to follow a common set ...
February 14, 2019
Russia’s internet chess game
THE Russian government plans to turn off direct connections to all internet routers outside its borders. The exercise, which is unlikely to last for more than a day or two, is supposed to allow Moscow to test its defenses against outside cyberattack. The shutdown does not in fact mean that Russians will suddenly find themselves unable to access servers around the world, but rather than they will reach those sites ...
February 14, 2019
The cry for help to save Arabic
Al JazirahIN an article titled “The core of Arabic language”, Dr. Ziad Al-Drees gave ideas on how to preserve the Arabic language.He asks what threatens the Arabic language most — foreign languages or the vernacular dialects?Al-Drees put the dialects and foreign languages in the same context as for their relationship with the Arabic language. Perhaps he was talking about the classical Arabic, which used to be the colloquial language at ...
February 14, 2019
Hold on there
As Bugs Bunny would have said: “Just one cotton-picking moment!” Newly elected Democrat congresswoman Ilham Omar has been damned for anti-Semitism and forced to apologize for two social media messages. Her “crime” was to write that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was using its financial and lobbying muscle to influence US politicians in support of Israel.It has long been a fact of Washington political life that major lobbying ...
February 14, 2019
Why is it so hard to see a movie?
Cinemas were opened more than eight months ago in Riyadh, but I have still not gone to one. I love movies and I love the atmosphere of the cinema environment. However, there are a number of problems that I have faced and that many others like me have faced when they have wanted to purchase tickets online for a movie. It is not easy because a person needs to buy ...
February 13, 2019
British MP Graham Jones refutes lies and allegations
Member of the British House of Commons Graham Jones has repudiated the lies and ongoing allegations regarding the war in Yemen, which are fabricated by global British organizations concerned with human rights as well as humanitarian issues of great concern to the UK government and a number of governments that have friendly relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Jones’ statements are important given that he is a member of the ...
February 13, 2019
To tip or not to tip?
TIPPING started a long time ago when masters gave their servants a few coins as an expression of their good will. There are no rules when it comes to giving tips, it mostly depends on if individuals are satisfied or happy with the quality of the services that were provided. However, nowadays tipping has become part of protocol and etiquette for some individuals, societies and businesses where tipping is considered ...
February 13, 2019
The dangers of social media ads
Al-RiyadhTO what extent does an advertising company bear the responsibility for published promotion material? What if a newspaper or TV channel placed an advertisement that is harmful to the consumer or society in general?Who is responsible for the content of such advertisements, and whom the consumers can refer to?It is impossible for any advertisement platform, whether a newspaper or a TV channel, to authenticate the validity of the content in ...
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